Champion Dreams: First to Ride

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MODEL- 78277 VENDOR- UBISOFT

FEATURES- Champion Dreams: First to Ride PC
Congratulations! You have been admitted to the world-renowned
Sycamore Riding School where you will compete in dressage, show
jumping, and cross country events against rising stars from all
over the world

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-02-12 I would not recommend this game! This game was a great disappointment to me. I am a three day event rider and bought this game along with Lucinda Greene's Equestrian Challenge to kill some time while I recover from a bad fall. I was really looking forward to this game with all its great reviews and when I started to play it it just became very frusterating. The plot line challenges are ok. Very trial and error. But the jumping is just plain boring. Four speeds??? I'm sorry cross country is not supposed to be a relaxing canter through the feild jumping fences. Which is about all you can really do and still manage to clear the fences. But most of the time no matter what you do you cant clear a stadium fence or get a refusal in cross country. As for the horse care it takes forever to groom your horse and to clean its stall you have to make the wheel barrow have a green arrow key over it. Getting it to turn green is sometimes impossible. There are some good points in this game. The idea behind it is really good and the plot is well thought out. My only complaint with the plot is all of a sudden your character is in love with Esteban. Which was kind of random. But I could live with that. The graphics are ok. Nothing to rave about. Dressage is interesting. I've read all the movements and still cannot do a half pass at the canter. They're fairly accurate for the most part. Though not always named correctly. Overall the game was just very frusterating to me. I still havent finished it quite yet. I cant get a clear round in either cross country or stadium. Also I felt that the game was a bit inaccurate as far as the presentation of a three day event. Cross country comes before stadium and there are not ribbons given for individual placings between events *also a complaint with Lucinda Greene*. I also did not understand "Talking" with your horse. It was a little too horse whisperer for me and very hard to understand. I can only hope that eventually they will come out with a good equestrian game that combines great plot, realistic and exciting riding, good graphics and good challenges all in the same package. If that is what you are hoping for in this game, you wont find it.

Reviewed on 2007-12-11 Thinking about getting this game! Should I? I'm a big horse fan and ride and show. I love all the mystery/adventure horse games. I have beat Saddle Up with Pippa Funnel, and Saddle Up Time to Ride. I have also played Lucinda Greens Equestrian Challenge ... and many others. I have read most of the reviews! Is this game good? Should I get this? I love good graphics and great story lines... If you have any suggestions please tell me!

Reviewed on 2007-07-31 A Review This isn't the best game. It doesn't have particularly good graphics, and gets boring after awhile. First, you pick your horse out of the choices that they provide, which are pretty much a palomino, a creamello, which is pretty much a lighter palomino, a bay, a black, a skewbald (which is a pinto with black and white splotches) a palomino pinto, and that's pretty much it. For some reason they call these "breeds" in the beginning, but near the end, no matter what breed you chose, they say that your horse is a thoroughbred. The basic shape of the horses are exactly the same, and have no distinguishing features at all. They all look the same, except for the color. You also pick out your character's name, and your horse's name, which actually doesn't matter in the game, so there's no reason to put the question there anyways. It would really be nice if you could customize your character in any more ways than changing hair color and clothing. Then you watch a couple videos that explain why you're where you are, and then you have a schedule that you have to follow. For the first couple of days, you have to do the schedule that they plan out for you, but after that you can do what you want, except you can't change anything after the first period. You also discover that there's a voice in your head called Elsys and it explains what to do and occasionally how to do it. You do three events, dressage, showjumping and cross country. You'll find that the jumping (showjumping and cross country) is fun at first, but it gets increasingly more challenging until it's just frustrating. You also might find that you don't really want to do dressage. I have to admit, it is really boring. This game is definitely not the best game on the market. You might be better off doing a little more research and finding a game that is better, which may not be all that hard to find. If you are really considering buying this, and you've read plenty of good reveiws, and you are thinking, "Oh, well, this is just one person. Every one else says that this game is good." Well, please, I'm begging you on my hands and knees, this really isn't the best game. It's your decision to buy it, but please think about it before you do.

Reviewed on 2007-07-22 Excellent game; well made This is an excellent game that I can play for hours on end. Once you think that you can just train your horse and play around, something happens that is totally unexpected. I got this for Christmas 2005 and I still enjoy playing it unlike some of the other games. I would choose this one over Horsez any day because this one is a little more realistic and it's more fun (I think!)

Reviewed on 2007-06-25 It was OK The game wasnt bad. It was very challenging the 1st time I played it, it took me over an hour to get Ginger's present. I also got kicked out of the academy at the very end. The game was definutly fun to play, the only problem was the graphics, which were terrible. Here's a hint- When you go to a new place(or new week), always go to the library first, then do dressage, showjumping, cross country. You get moral points from doing dressage. Always start your day of with something to help their moral! Anyway, if you are looking for a real quality horse game, I suggest Equestriad!